ORCID
- Andrade, Jackie: 0000-0002-6626-7192
- May, Jon: 0000-0001-7439-9200
Abstract
Elaborated Intrusion theory (Kavanagh, Andrade & May 2005) distinguishes between unconscious, associative processes as the precursors of desire, and controlled processes of cognitive elaboration that lead to conscious sensory images of the target of desire and associated affect. We argue that these mental images play a key role in motivating human behavior. Consciousness is functional in that it allows competing goals to be compared and evaluated. The role of effortful cognitive processes in desire helps to explain the different time courses of craving and physiological withdrawal.
Publication Date
2008-01-01
Publication Title
Psyche
Volume
15
Issue
2
First Page
83
Last Page
91
Organisational Unit
School of Psychology
Recommended Citation
Andrade, J., May, J., & Kavanagh, D. (2008) 'Conscious and unconscious processes in human desire', Psyche, 15(2), pp. 83-91. Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/psy-research/264
